Ubuntu is already the leading Linux distribution on desktop PCs, according to DistroWatch, and now it's set its sights on tablets, smartphones and even TVs as well. Calling the move "probably the most significant broadening of scope in Ubuntu's history," Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth told reporters that the project plans to capitalize on the touch framework and Unity interface it's created over the past few years and begin moving Ubuntu to platforms beyond the desktop it originated on.
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